nip and tuck Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
   face lift; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery.
   
   • some actresses have more than one face lift
2. adjective satellite inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
   neck and neck; head-to-head.
   
   • as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
   • the election was a nip and tuck affair
3. adverb even or close in a race or competition or comparison
   neck and neck; head-to-head.
   
   • the horses ran neck and neck
   • he won nip and tuck

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